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"When Dreams Become Nigthmares"

"When Dreams Become Nightmares - Part 2" - 10/4/09

 

 

5 Ways to Worship! - Click on the time you like below for more information about each service. Click on SCHEDULE for times and locations.

First Church - Downtown:

Traditional Worship

• Sunday mornings in main sanctuary
• Traditional worship music
  • Pipe organ, traditional hymns with some contemporary hymns
  • Adult choir sings an anthem most Sundays
  • Special music offered some Sundays by other musical groups
  • Education programming during worship for ages
    3-8.
• Paster delivers weekly sermon
• Communion served first Sunday of the month
• 1 hour long
• Attended by all generations
• Nursery care available

Prayer & Praise Service

• Sunday mornings in 2nd floor chapel
• Meditative service
• Paster delivers weekly message
• Communion served first Sunday of the month
• 30 minutes long
• Attended by early risers and young families who want to attend worship together prior to Sunday Education classes.

Journeys in Reel Time" Service

• Sunday mornings in Sancutary
  
• Children's Education - K-6th grade attend first 15 minutes with adults
  • Coffee shop for Grades 6, 7 and 8th
  • Sing songs
  • Pastor delivers short message to introduce the day's Sunday School theme
  • Nursery staffed
    
• Up-beat, casual contemporary music provided by Joy for the Journey
  • Vocals, Drums, Keyboard, Guitars
  • Some with a "Country Kick"
  • Link to recordings of Joy for the Journey (MP3 files) - coming soon...
    • On Thee Authority
    • Send Your Fire
    • Make It Real
    • I Saw the Light
• Paster delivers short message with supporting media from film / TV
  • May include short discussion topics for small groups or whole group
• 60 minutes long - 15 minutes with children, 45 minutes worship
• Nursery care available

The Gathering:

5:30 PM SATURDAYS - Come As You Are! Contemporary music and worship. Pastor Rich will be sharing the same message that is used during the "Journeys in Reel Time" worship each Sunday. The music will be lead by a group of guitar players and singers. Just remember this is come as you are - right from work or play, the soccer field or before going out with friends. Come and join us on Saturday nights.

10:00 AM SUNDAYS - Recovery Worship informal gathering of Christians who have chosen to live their lives according to the twelve step recovery program.

Everyone is welcome to our non-judgemental worship community. People who have not suffered from addictions, who long for a non-traditional service are also welcome to join us as we hear the great gift of God's amazing grace in our lives.

How can I participate in First Church's Prayer Support?

New Daily Devotion Page

Visit the current Prayer Card and "pray through it"
Join the Prayer Support Group - or request prayers by
e-mailing Yvonne Smith

How can I participate in First Church's Worship?

• Be an usher, greeter, bus driver, sound engineer
• Read the scripture lesson or deliver the children's sermon
• Join one of our musical groups or worship service teams
• Attend regularly
• Check out the online sermon summary
• Give of your time, talent and treasure!

Weekly Study based on the Weekly Sermons

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